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Tree connections : ein Kunst- und Ausstellungsprojekt von = An art and exhibition project by Klaus Littmann

Title
Tree connections : ein Kunst- und Ausstellungsprojekt von = An art and exhibition project by Klaus Littmann / herausgegeben von, edited by Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger.
Publication
  • Berlin : Hatje Cantz, [2021]
  • ©2021

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Additional Authors
  • Littmann, Klaus
  • Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger, editor, host institution.
Description
288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm
Summary
In Tree Connections, Swiss curator and artist Klaus Littmann (born 1978) presents his commanding response to humanity's increasing estrangement from nature. Upon discovering Max Peinter's dystopian drawing The Unending Attraction of Nature, Littmann was struck by the idea that "what makes us put animals in zoos could also happen to nature." He resolved in that moment to bring Peinter's vision to life; after years of searching and negotiation, Littmann finally secured a fitting site for his intervention. Enlisting the help of the landscape architect Enzo Enea, he successfully transformed the Wörthersee football stadium in Klagenfurt, Austria, into a native Central European forest. For two months during the fall of 2019, the stadium housed approximately 300 trees of diverse species that stood on a constructed "forest floor." Today, the forest remains in proximity to the Wörthersee, reincarnated as a "forest sculpture" accessible to all. Tree Connections traces the evolution of Littmann's project, urging readers to face the unsettling trajectory of the Anthropocene.
Alternative Title
  • Kunst- und Ausstellungsprojekt von Klaus Littmann
  • Art and exhibition project by Klaus Littmann
Subject
  • Littmann, Klaus > Exhibitions
  • Littmann, Klaus
  • Nature (Aesthetics) > Exhibitions
  • Nature (Aesthetics)
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • Texts in German and English.
Exhibitions (note)
  • On the occasion of the exhibition "Tree connections" held at Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger, May 11 - July 11, 2021; "Arena für einen Baum" Installation, Münsterplatz, Basel, April 27 - May 24, 2021.
Call Number
JQF 22-613
ISBN
  • 3775750355
  • 9783775750356
LCCN
9783775750356
OCLC
1252621996
Title
Tree connections : ein Kunst- und Ausstellungsprojekt von = An art and exhibition project by Klaus Littmann / herausgegeben von, edited by Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger.
Publisher
Berlin : Hatje Cantz, [2021]
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
still image
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Language
Texts in German and English.
Exhibitions
On the occasion of the exhibition "Tree connections" held at Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger, May 11 - July 11, 2021; "Arena für einen Baum" Installation, Münsterplatz, Basel, April 27 - May 24, 2021.
Added Author
Littmann, Klaus, artist.
Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger, editor, host institution.
Other Standard Identifier
9783775750356 hardcover
Research Call Number
JQF 22-613
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